Learn English – What’s the shape of the upper half of a sphere called

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The shape of a cap, a igloo, and that sort of things. What's that shape called?

Is there a common way to refer to it?

Best Answer

Dome is the word that comes to my mind

Wikipedia

A dome is an element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.

So although it is also a hemisphere, the dome is the top half of a sphere, which is what janoChen was looking for